The THINKAlex planning process divided Alexandria into four "Planning Areas". Planning Area meetings allowed neighbors to discuss the future of their immediate surroundings and offer detailed local perspectives. These areas ensure that neighborhood-level issues are championed in the THINKAlex plan alongside Citywide issues.

The Land Development Code has a significant impact on our daily lives, from shaping the kinds of places where we live, work, and hang out, to influencing the design of our streets and public spaces.

The THINKAlex Comprehensive Development Strategy, presented at the final THINKAlex citywide meeting in October 2013, lays out our vision for a city of complete communities that can respond to the pressures and opportunities of our growing, modern city. To realize this vision, the City’s Land Development Code – the rules and processes that regulate where and what type of development may occur – must be updated to help achieve these goals.

The Code will play an important role in guiding the future growth of the city. The opportunity to update our Land Development Code means more than making it simpler to use and understand; it means creating a framework to help improve our quality of life.

A community meeting regarding proposed changes to the LDC will occur 6:00 p.m., Thursday September 4th, 2014, at Alexandria Convention Hall.

Any Alexandrian who is interested in the continued improvement of the City won’t want to miss it!